Chomle (Sternberg coll) (Carboniferous of Czech Republic)

Where: Czech Republic (49.9° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 19.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Radnice Member (Kladno Formation), Westphalian C (314.6 - 309.8 Ma)

• Fritsch assigns same age as Raknovik. Constrained to early Moscovian by radiometric dating in Opluštil et al. (2016).

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shale and coal

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Prague National Museum

Primary reference: A. J. C. Corda. 1835. Ueber den in der Steinkohlenformation bei Cholme gefundenen fossilen Scorpion. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft des Vaterländischen Museums in Böhmen 35-43 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146851: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Arachnida
 Thelyphonida -
"Prothelyphonus cordai n. sp." = Prothelyphonus bohemicus2
"Prothelyphonus cordai n. sp." = Prothelyphonus bohemicus2 Kušta 1886 whip scorpion
On same piece as Cyclophthalmus senior
 Scorpiones - Microlabiidae
Microlabis sternbergii n. gen. n. sp.1
Microlabis sternbergii n. gen. n. sp.1 Corda 1839 scorpion
Sternberg 583, NMP Inv. No. 802
 Scorpiones - Cyclophthalmidae
Cyclophthalmus senior n. gen. n. sp.
Cyclophthalmus senior n. gen. n. sp. Corda 1835 scorpion